Trump Ditches His Nominee to Lead ICE

President Trump said he is looking for someone “tougher” to lead the country’s top immigration enforcement agency, the Washington Post reports.

Asked why he had jettisoned Ronald Vitiello, Trump told reporters: “We’re going in a little different direction. Ron’s a good man. But we’re going in a tougher direction. We want to go in a tougher direction.”

“The move blindsided lawmakers, Department of Homeland Security officials and others across the administration who said Friday they could not fathom why the president would pull his ICE nominee at a moment when U.S. government officials are saying the nation’s immigration enforcement system is at a ‘breaking point.'”